Lauderhill, FL Code Violation Reporting: How to Report (2026)

The City of Lauderhill Code Enforcement Board sits ex officio as the city's Public Nuisance Abatement Board under Code section 2-88.53, hearing complaints against places used more than twice in six months for drug sales or manufacture, prostitution or lewd conduct, criminal gang activity, dealing in stolen property, or pain-clinic-related crimes, as defined in section 2-88.51. To start the process, an affected person, any Lauderhill resident, city employee or officer, or owner or operator of a city business, files a written complaint and petition for prosecution with the nuisance abatement supervisor (the city manager or a designee) under section 2-88.52.

After a second qualifying complaint on the same premises within six months, the supervisor mails the owner written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address on file with the city. The owner then has fourteen days to contact the supervisor and take good-faith steps to abate the condition; the supervisor may extend that window if the owner's efforts are reasonable. If the owner does not respond or does not act, the supervisor schedules a hearing before the Code Enforcement Board, with certified-mail notice to both the owner and the complainant at least ten days beforehand, stating the time, place, legal authority, sections at issue, and a summary of the complaint.

At the hearing, held under section 2-88.53, at least four of seven board members must be present, the city attorney presents the case, and testimony is taken under oath, though formal rules of evidence do not apply. A finding of nuisance requires at least three affirmative votes.